Any topic dealing with an issue currently facing our national government

Explain, for example, what the topic is about. What is important about this topic? Discuss it with reasonable thoroughness. Your paper must include extra-textual (i.e. NOT from the text book) research as evidenced by your including a bibliography listing at least TWO other sources besides your textbook, which you have read and cited (APA, MLA or other standard citation formats) in your paper.